KUCHING: Police have arrested a group of unemployed men for snatching the personal belongings of two women on Apr 26. Acting Kuching police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the suspects, aged between 20 and 32, were arrested in separate locations in the city within days after a police report lodged
KUCHING: Police have issued 51 compounds to individuals for failing to comply with conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Monday (May 10). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching recorded the most with 38 issued, followed by Serian (six), Bau (three), Dalat (two) and Bintulu
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for alleged drug possession, in front of a house at Kampung Seringguk yesterday (May 10). The district’s narcotics police unit carried out a patrol around 4pm for preventive purposes in view of the coming Hari Raya celebration. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said the
KUCHING: Sarawak police have debunked a viral Facebook post against deputy police commissioner Datuk Fisol Salleh and identified it as an act of defamation. Sarawak CID chief SAC Lukas Aket explained that the post alleged that DCP Fisol was protecting gambling and smuggling syndicates as well as gangsters in the
BINTULU: Customs officials seized a shipping container with 7.7 tonnes of firecrackers and fireworks at the Bintulu Enforcement Store last Friday (May 7). At around 11am, a team conducted an inspection on a container from China. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the team found 430 cartons of various
KUCHING: Sarawakian-born ACP Awang Din Awang Gani officially stepped down as Kuching police chief on Monday (May 10). Deputy police chief Supt Merbin Lisa will be the acting police chief. Awang Din will be transferred to the Johor Contingent Police Headquarters as the deputy chief of Crime Prevention and Community
KUCHING: Two double-storey houses at separate locations were burnt to the ground last Sunday. The fires happened at Kampung Segali, Simunjan and Jalan Bakong-Meradong, Bintangor. A spokesman from the State Fire Department operations centre stated that no casualties were reported in both cases. The first fire in Kampung Segali happened
BAU: Two locals’ bid to smuggle out nine illegals to Indonesia was foiled by the army in Kampung Stass, Serikin early Monday morning (May 10). A spokesman from the First Infantry Division disclosed that an ambush team spotted two vehicles from Malaysia travelling suspiciously towards the Indonesian border around 4.15am.
KUCHING: The authorities issued compounds to 71 persons for failing to practise physical distancing during a live band performance here on Sunday (May 9). They were among 96 individuals compounded for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Kuching recorded the highest compounds with
MUKAH: Two drivers were injured following a collision at Anggun intersection, Jalan Mukah-Balingian on Sunday (May 9). The accident involved a four-wheel-drive (4WD) and a car that were travelling in opposite directions. Firemen from Mukah station were deployed to the scene after receiving an emergency call around 2.40pm. Upon arriving,
